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Dear Colleagues,

 

The following book is due to be published by Palgrave in October:

 

Heterosexism in Health and Social Care

Julie Fish

October 2006

Hardback £50 1−4039−4123−8

 

The early twenty-first century has witnessed a transformation in the political landscape for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. Increasingly liberal attitudes, alongside the repeal of repressive legislation, have created a climate that has never been so accepting. Yet despite these signs of progress, there are few enabling social policy initiatives and LGBT needs for health and social care are poorly understood.

 

These changes require new understandings of the social conditions of LGBT people for which the term homophobia is inadequate. The author develops a theory of heterosexism to conceptualise LGBT oppression and provides examples from everyday health and social care environments. This timely study engages with current debates, including intersecting identities, and presents a coherent analysis of LGBT health and social care needs. The author argues for mainstreaming sexual identity issues in public policy.

 

The book will be useful for practitioners in a range of health and social care professions including social workers, doctors, and nurses and students in these professions as well as students and academics in social policy, social theory, sociology and psychology.

 

 

Dr. Julie Fish

Senior Lecturer and Research Fellow

Social Work

00.20 Hawthorn,

De Montfort University,

The Gateway

Leicester.

LE1 9BH.

 

+44 (0)116 257 7750